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R: NEW AND NOTEWORTHY NORTHWESTERN PLANTS 645 
- Aster Elmeri sp. nov. 
Perennial, erect, about 1 m. high: stems rather stout, pubes- 
cent in a line except near the base: leaves rather distant, ample, 
ee. 2—3 cm. broad, scarcely reduced up to the inflo- 
a roudly lanceolate, acute, coarsely serrate, glabrous or 
- ate except the scabrous margins, all narrowed at bases into 
road petioles : inflorescence loose, with rather few heads, these 
ge mere peduncles 2-5 cm. long : involucre broadly tur- 
i. , the bracts coriaceous, linear-oblong, acute, ciliate, green for 
a ‘a one half or one third, not at all squarrose, imbricated in 
dise-A wad ranks, the innermost and longest nearly equalling the 
oh. orets: rays pale violet, about 10 mm. long: pappus dirty- 
In rich bottoms of Sinlahekin Basin, near Loomiston, Okano- 
§an county, Wash., August 1897, A. D. £. Elmer, 571. 
A well marked species of doubtful relationship. 
“Aster diabolicus sp. nov. 
& Perennial, erect, about 1 m. high, leafy to the top: stem sparsely 
> “SSnaiog : Raves thin, green, linear or linear oblanceolate, acute 
tin 2 tuse, scabrous on the margins, entire or nearly so, the cau- 
. 3-10 cm, long, sessile by broad bases, the basal 10-14 cm. 
Ge 8, Narrowed with a broad sparsely ciliate petiole : inflorescence 
_ Yery loose, the heads mostly solitary, terminating long branches, 
ond cm. long: heads 1 cm. high, rather large: involucral bracts 
oa y green, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, ciliate, loosely ap- 
Mos a in about two series, shorter than the disk-florets: rays 
. » 10-14 mm. long: pappus sordid. 
Gravelly bars of Squaw Creek, Crook county, Oregon, 17 
July 1901, Cusick, 2670. 
A handsome species, closely related to A. amplus Lindley. 
“ Aster Wattii sp. nov. 
Perennial, branched from the middle, 40 cm. high, rough- 
leaves all entire, thickish, 
te, all but the lowermost 
15 mm. broad: heads 1.5 
involucral bracts all 
ee Cent throughout, leafy to the top: 
: at, acute and bluntly cuspida 
__osile by broad bases, 2—7 cm. long, 7— 
